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Following his third straight loss in the UFC, Dorchester native John Howard has been released from the UFC.

Howard's manager Malki Kawa confirmed the news to MMAweekly today and the 28-year-old welterweight put out a statement on his twitter accounting saying, “Only thing I can say is it is what it is. You get three straight losses in the UFC and this is what happens. My plans right now is to go to Bellator or Dream, or something else, whoever makes me the best offer.”

Howard (14-7), who trains at Wai Kru in Allston, made his UFC debut in January of 2009 with a split decision win over Chris Wilson earning the "Fight of the Night" honors. In fact he would go on to win his first four bouts in the UFC showing impressive knock-out power. Howard got elevated to the main card for the UFC but would drop three fights in a row to Jake Ellenberger, Thiago Alves and most recently a unanimous decision loss to Matt Brown at UFC Live last month in Pittsburgh.